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Laura Coates Live

Congress Greenlights Bill Forcing Trump To Release Epstein Files

Laura Coates Live

CNN

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4.22.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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The Senate has unanimously agreed to pass the House-backed bill forcing the Justice Department to release the Jeffrey Epstein case files as soon as it’s received from the chamber. Majority leader John Thune said that would happen tomorrow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Tonight, Bill forcing the release of the Epstein files is headed to President Trump's desk.

0:09.0

So what actually happens once he signs it?

0:13.0

And could the DOJ still find some way to hold something back?

0:17.0

Plus, Epstein survivors speak out on Capitol Hill and warm President Trump not to politicize their pain.

0:24.5

One of them, who was just 17 years old when Epstein abused her.

0:29.7

I'm going to join me live tonight.

0:31.5

And Trump defends the Saudi Crown Prince over the murder of a journalist with two words. Things happen. Tonight on

0:40.5

Laura Coates Live.

0:45.3

Well, by this time tomorrow, President Trump is expected to have signed the bill that forces

0:53.3

the release of the Epstein files.

0:56.0

By the way, he didn't actually need the bill. He could have done so, but it's out there.

1:00.0

It's also been four months since Trump's team turned this into, well, a mess of its own making,

1:06.0

because it's been years of agony for the survivors.

1:10.0

But the final push to get this bill over that finish line

1:12.9

is coming together quickly. The House voted nearly unanimously to pass it this afternoon. I'm talking

1:19.8

427 to 1. And the Senate then unanimously agreed on it shortly after. Theity Leader says it will be sent to Trump's desk tomorrow.

1:31.1

The president has said that yes, he will sign it, even though he went after a reporter who asked about the Epstein files today in the Oval Office.

1:40.8

Mr. President, why wait for Congress to release the Epstein files?

1:43.7

Why not just do it now?

1:46.0

It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you are a terrible reporter.

1:51.3

As far as the Epstein files is, I have nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. I threw him out of my club many years ago because I thought he was a sick pervert.

2:06.6

Well, that defensiveness is exactly why some survivors are skeptical of this sudden change in tone. A group of them gathered at the Capitol, and they had a message of their own for the

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